Please ask me to be the emperor

Chapter 374 Infighting in the Second Year of Chongzhen

Zhang Daojun came out of the room and happened to see the mother-in-law who was serving his mother. He called over and asked, "How is my mother's health lately?"

"Reporting to the master, the old lady has been in a bad mood these past few days. She often wakes up at night and cannot sleep peacefully. Sometimes she secretly sobs. She just told me to wait and didn't dare to let the master know!" The woman replied obediently.

When Zhang Daojun heard this, he didn't know what his mother was thinking. Poor parents in the world, any child who is not raised by his own biological parents will have flesh on the palms and backs of his hands. Since the old mother is reluctant to let herself be a thief, how can she be willing to let her sister fall into the hands of a thief?

What's more, she is just a weak woman. How can she be better off if she falls into the hands of such a fierce gangster?

Thinking of this, Zhang Daojun actually hated his brother-in-law Ma Xianglin. The wives and daughters of other families were at home to look after their husbands and raise their children, but it happened that Shizhu Ma's family wanted his wife to lead the army in battle. The men of the Ma family are not dead, so why bother a weak woman?

Your Ma family has been loyal to you for generations. Are we, the Zhang family in Qinshui, even half as weak as you?

Thinking of this, Zhang Daojun couldn't calm down his anger, and he was even more angry that his sister had such a big incident. Then Ma Xianglin didn't come to the Zhang family to plead guilty. Is it okay to just pretend that this matter never happened?

Zhang Daojun didn't know that at this time, Ma Xianglin was so angry that he and Lu Xiangsheng were preparing to fight to the death with the rebels to avenge the murder of his wife Ma Fengyi. It's a pity that the two people received different information, and neither of them knew what the other was thinking.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Daojun tried to bribe Zhang Shun in exchange for Ma Fengyi, but he failed.

At this time, Zhang Daojun had been at home for too long, and the court kept urging him to get on the road quickly.

This Hainingwei was located in Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province in later generations. It was a prosperous place in this era and in later generations. It was at least more prosperous and safer than Yanmen Pass. However, this was not the result Zhang Daojun wanted.

His grandfather was Zhang Wudian, and his father was Zhang Quan. Both of them had served as ministers of the Ministry of War, and they were neither mediocre nor incompetent people. His father Zhang Quan even died in Liaoyang and was praised by people at the time.

In a family of three generations, Zhang Daojun was the only one who was unworthy. He failed to take the imperial examination and become an official. Instead, his father Zhang Quan shadowed him as a military attaché.

A man is born in heaven and earth. If he cannot make achievements or avenge his father, how can he have the dignity to live in this world?

It's a pity that my ambition is hard to realize, and I have to rely on the mountains and rivers to support me, which is why I ended up like this. Zhang Daojun was resentful, but had no choice but to follow the order.

As a result, not long after Zhang Daojun came out of Qinshui, he was overtaken by 200 cavalry led by "Little Yuchi" Wei Congyi, killed the left and right, and captured him in King Shun's Pingzhai.

How come Zhang Daojun doesn't know Zhang Shun's thoughts? Just thinking of my mother's teachings before leaving, I had to bite the bullet and curse: "How dare you listen to a thief? I, the Zhang family of Qinshui, have been loyal and loyal for generations. I would rather die than surrender, so how can I be a thief? Please kill me quickly and don't delay!"

Zhang Shun was about to persuade him, but he didn't expect that Zhang Shenyan, who had just entered the door, heard it and laughed out loud, saying sarcastically: "A traitor and a traitor, how dare you insult such a loyal and good person?"

Zhang Daojun turned around and saw that the person who came was none other than Zhang Shenyan. He couldn't help but sarcastically said: "What a loyal minister and righteous man, General Donglin! It turns out to be Zhang Shenyan, the Earthly Star Divine Fire General. You have become a thief now, and how dare you smile?" I?"

Zhang Shun was very surprised when he heard this. Zhang Shenyan hadn't won the title of Tiangui Star Little Tornado among the rebels earlier, so why was he called "Earth Star Divine Fire General" again?

Only then did I hear Zhang Shenyan proudly reply: "I have always been upright, but I was not tolerated by the eunuchs just now. Being listed in the "Donglin Point General Record" is my first pride! Unlike some people, who add others to their list. The egg is held by a treacherous villain!"

It turns out that Zhang Shun and other rebels were not the first to follow the example of "Water Margin" in arranging seats. In order to attack his opponents, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian deliberately compiled a "Donglin Point General Record" and included a pair of 108 opponents in it.

Zhang Shenyan once recommended Zhao Nanxing, the leader of Donglin, who was of course a first-class Donglin Party member, and was ranked by Wei Zhongxian as the "Earthly Fierce Star Divine Fire General".

When Zhang Daojun heard Zhang Shenyan exposed his shortcomings, he couldn't help but cursed: "You form a clique for personal gain in the upper court, and you are a thief in the countryside. How dare you call yourself upright? The governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, should be punished for his crime. If you hadn't formed a clique and protected him, How to be dismissed from office?"

Zhang Shun was not an official, so he was immediately confused after hearing this. So he didn't stop the two from revealing each other's secrets. After listening for a long time, Zhang Shun finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that this story dates back to Yuan Chonghuan, who bullied Chongzhen because he was young and ignorant, and boasted that "Liao was defeated in five years". As a result, the war was unfavorable and Liao was defeated at the gate of Beijing.

At this time, Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi and Chief Military Officer Zhang Honggong led 5,000 people to aid the capital. As a result, the imperial court's command was chaotic. One day, they would defend Tongzhou, tomorrow they would be transferred to Changping, and the next day they would move to Liangxiang. They were going back and forth. Because they could not get supplies, the soldiers mutinied.

Then, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Honggong, the chief military officer, were all imprisoned.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan was put on trial and claimed to have colluded with Qian Xilong, the chief minister of the dynasty, and Wang Qia, the Minister of War.

At this time, Zhang Daojun had already defected to Zhou Yanru. Taking advantage of Yuan Chonghuan's case, he took the opportunity to attack Qian Xilong and others. He also proudly told Emperor Chongzhen that he had long known that Yuan Chonghuan was unreliable.

Emperor Chongzhen was very angry and asked him if he knew it, why didn't he tell him earlier? Zhang Daojun was also sincere, and he quickly told the official that he had impeached Yuan Chonghuan on a certain date, which made Chongzhen disgraced.

As a result, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others worked together to pull down Qian Xilong, but in the end Wen Tiren picked up the fruit and had to report illness and return home. That Zhang Daojun lost his backer and offended so many people as a charge general, how could he be better?

Then he was expelled from the court and demoted to Yanmen Pass. Then he tried to redeem himself and took charge of his own soldiers to suppress the bandits.

Besides, Zhang Shenyan was also a general from Donglin. But after Zhao Nanxing left, Zhang Shenyan made good friends with Wang.

Zhou Yanru was just winning the emperor's heart, so he took advantage of the crisis caused by the Qing army's entry into the customs in the second year of Chongzhen to attack Wang Qia for his "negligent military preparation, erratic dispatch" and poor command.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to punish the Shanxi governor Geng Ruqi and the chief military officer Zhang Honggong for their crimes, and appointed Zhang Shenyan to handle the matter. Zhang Shenyan refused to sentence these two to death, which offended Emperor Chongzhen, and he was dismissed from office.

Zhang Shun took the opportunity to eat a big melon and couldn't help but said: I usually see you two as five or six, but I didn't expect that in the end, you were both good at fighting among yourself! It's a pity that Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi and Chief Military Officer Zhang Honggong lost their lives.

When Zhang Shunzheng was sighing, he never expected to hear that the governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, together with his chief officers Lu Shanji and Zhang Heming, lined up with Xiong Tingbi to protect Wang Huazhen. The cause of the Liaodong border incident was very bad.

Zhang Shun couldn't help but chuckle: Are you bringing your feelings to yourself? It turns out that "Xiong Manzi" was very impressive, but you guys got involved blindly. Unexpectedly, one day Hou Jin led his troops into the pass, and you were tricked by yourself!

Now Zhang Shun knows why the Ming Dynasty died so quickly. You are all masters of internal fighting!

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun poured two cups of tea himself, handed them to Zhang Shenyan and Zhang Daojun respectively, and said with a smile: "Moisten your throats, we will continue later!"

The crisis caused by Yuan Chonghuan in the second year of Chongzhen was really far-reaching. The author checked a lot of information and felt that the Ming Dynasty was really out of control by this time!

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